Hey I know that on Innuendo and The Miracle, the songs are credited as written by Queen. I'm sure that not all four of them wrote every word of every song on the two albums. Anybody know if there was one or two in particular that penned the songs? Just wondering.

The songs were all written as normal (eg generally one member per song, occasionally collaborations) just credited to Queen. So the actual writers of the songs is little bit of a mystery, though many of them have been revealed in interviews or "decided" by fans.

This has been covered numorous times... if there is anything you want to know in particular...just ask..

some common ones from those 2 albums:

The Miracle- is Freddie's Breakthru- Beginning is Freddie's ...rest is Roger These are the days of our lives- Roger's The Hitman - Is Freddie's Innuendo- Is 90% Freddie with assistance from Roger on lyrics. Headlong- Brian's I'm going slightly mad- Freddie's The Show must go on- Brian's Don't try so hard- Freddie's Ride the wild wind- Roger's I can't live with you- Brian's

etc..etc... just ask if these don't fit your needs.

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Would you say that if Freddie wrote the beginning of Breakthru (originally "A New Life Is Born") he would have played piano on it?

Becuase, if you listen very carefully to the demo through a good set of headphones (I use my iPod as it gives out very good sound) - you can clearly here Brian's guide vocal... would this suggest he played the piano on it and possibly wrote A New Life Is Born? Or am I looking into too much and should just assume he simply played the piano on the demo?

It's been bugging me for a while, and I've been waiting for the right topic to bring it up in, and this is as good as any.

These Are The Days Of Our Lives, was it really about Roger? Roger did write it, but was it about him?

Yes, I think it is. That's not to say that Freddie couldn't relate to it. And of course Freddie could sing songs that were written from the viewpoint of Brian, Roger and John. Too Much Love Will Kill You, for instance, is clearly about Brian's relationship(s) with Chrissy and Anita.

The three songs you mentioned are from a period where Freddie's health was bad, and was on their minds - song writers tend to write about things on their minds, be it personal, something with the world etc. During TATDOOL and TSMGO etc, Freddie was on their minds, thus they are more than likely to be writing about those sort of things.

See What A Fool I've Been, Brighton Rock, Tie Your Mother Down, White Man, It's Late, Las Palabras de Amor, Flash, Who Wants To Live Forever, Gimme The Prize... a bunch of Brian songs that Freddie sang, and none of them were about Freddie (soundtrack regardless).

Sheer Heart Attack, Fun It (partially), Action This Day, One Vision... a few of Rog songs Freddie sang that have nothing to do with him.

You and I, Who Needs You, In Only Seven Days, Back Chat... and a few John songs that Freddie sang that have sod all to do with him.

Off the top of my head these are all I could think of right now. If I wasn't at work I'd consult the whole catalogue.

As for Freddie exclusively writing the lyrics to Mother Love, Brian wrote on his soapbox that he would scribble lyrics on little pieces of paper and hand them off to Freddie to sing. This is not to say that Freddie wrote nothing, but Brian did help.

Also, I thought Roger wrote Party and Freddie wrote Khashoggi - I don't remember where I read this, though.

See What A Fool I've Been, Brighton Rock, Tie Your Mother Down, White Man, It's Late, Las Palabras de Amor, Flash, Who Wants To Live Forever, Gimme The Prize... a bunch of Brian songs that Freddie sang, and none of them were about Freddie (soundtrack regardless).

As said, they only write songs Freddie can relate to. If it's personal, Freddie might not sing it. Let's say Brian was to write a song about his hair, Freddie wouldn't sing it.

What...? None of these were regarding Freddie or written for him to relate to, yet he sang them all.

"Would you say that if Freddie wrote the beginning of Breakthru (originally "A New Life Is Born") he would have played piano on it?

Becuase, if you listen very carefully to the demo through a good set of headphones (I use my iPod as it gives out very good sound) - you can clearly here Brian's guide vocal... would this suggest he played the piano on it and possibly wrote A New Life Is Born? Or am I looking into too much and should just assume he simply played the piano on the demo?

It's been bugging me for a while, and I've been waiting for the right topic to bring it up in, and this is as good as any".

- GKS: There's absolutely no way that Brian wrote nor played piano on ANLIB. The song is clearly a Fred composition/improvisation with, excepting the carefully constructed intro, Fred basically fiddling around on the piano whilst searching out vocal ideas on top. It's been confirmed numerous times that ANLIB is a Fred composition (not that anyone would need this to be confirmed to them I'd hope, as so obviously classic Fred).

The guide vocal from Brian you refer to is presumably some kind of vocal bleed from another track. This effect happens at other points in the demo, and although you could say it sounds like Brian, I really don't think it is.

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Not that I doubt you for one seconds Bohardy, quite the contrary, but, out of interest for what it's worth, between 15 seconds and 18 seconds (on my version at least), is the voice I'm talking about - which sounds very much like a guide vocal by Brian. Whether it is just simply that, fair enough.